Hyousetsu: At last! My second fanfic, staring Neji and Sakura! ) Hope you guys like it—never tried writing one. My first try!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto... :Wails:

Plus, a few things in my fanfic that you guys might want to know:

All of them are jounins in this fic :D

They're still in their teams, even though sometimes they separate for missions all around.

They're mostly 16 and 17 in here

Most of them are part of the ANBU, some are not

Sakura's a medical nin, and Naruto's part of the ANBU – Sasuke isn't found yet

Chapter 1: Fate Sealed – Hopefully Not

The team of Gai's had assembled under the shade of the cherry tree, waiting for their ever so slow teammate and sensei. It was December, the greatest celebrating time of Konoha, and the team – well, half the team, to be exact— was stuck under the bare tree waiting for the other two of the team to arrive. Tenten shivered and breathed into her hands, rubbing them together vigorously. She stood along with Neji, who seemed not a bit fazed by the weather. However, Neji's brow twitched in mild annoyance, betraying his normally indifferent look.

Damn those two.

He wasn't about to stand in the cold weather for all that much time, waiting for the two familiar watermelon-shaped heads to appear. As much as the Hyuuga genius didn't want to admit, he hated the cold weather. It was frustrating, especially when his trainings were taken into a much higher level each time Winter came, in fear that he would weaken once spring came once again. However, he did not see the usefulness in gathering around a bare tree, when the time could have been used in a far better way – training. Tenten looked at him, and he could tell that she was thinking the same damn thing. Neji twitched visibly when a puff of smoke appeared in front of him, along with those eye-killing shines of none other then Rock Lee and their sensei, Gai.

"Merry Christmas, Neji and Tenten!" said Lee, in a cheery tone that only fueled to Neji's sky high exasperation level. Tenten sighed and muttered something along the words "finally..." and returned the greeting with a smile of her own. Neji, however, just gave a small "Hn." and looked at the watermelon-headed teammate of his. Today, Lee looked much more energetic then usual, and that did not stay unnoticed by the Hyuuga prodigy. Raising a slender eyebrow, Neji looked at their sensei, who had that overly confident smile on hi face, much to his disgust.

Said sensei was looking at Lee while he was telling Tenten about another one of the stories of youth that were told to him by Gai himself. He sniffled, happy tears streaming down his face, not noticing the look Neji was sending him – a look of pure question for their sensei's sanity.

Hell, now their sensei was crying? Neji stared at him, then sighed slightly in annoyance. He should have never came – even though he was very certain that Tenten would have stopped by, and ring the doorbell until it broke or something – if he still didn't pick up the ring, then she'd break in to wake him up. Neji winced as their sensei called all of them over, and had this look of seriousness on his face. "I have something to tell you three." He cleared his throat, and the threesomes' attention was focused on their thick-browed sensei. "A mission?"

"No."

"A lesson of youth?" a groand was heard, along with a smack.

"Still not correct." Gai wagged his index finger at the three, winking, while Neji tried to hide his face of pure disgust behind the sleeve of his shirt.

"Give up?" A 'hn' was heard, and Tenten nodded in defeat. Gai smiled his trademark smile, and gave a look of victory at the three. "Well, you all see, that we, the teachers of the four teams, had decided to start an event for this December…"

"NANI!" screeched Sakura her eyes wide, staring at their silver haired sensei, and Kakashi could feel himself sweating on the back of his neck. Naruto covered his ears to save them from being further damaged by Sakura's high piercing scream, wincing. A few birds flew from their perch on a nearby tree. Kakashi was still holding his 'Come Come Paradise', however, his ears ringing from the explosion of sound waves caused by his female student. Well, he had told them about the upcoming event, and both of his students did not seem very enthusiastic about it. However, Sakura had been more, (cough) violent about the situation then Naruto, who had just requested ramen after he mentioned the main obligation of the whole thing.

"You mean," said Sakura, who had calmed a bit, though not much, "That we are required to spend time with another person from another team for exactly 20 days?" Kakashi nodded, the eyes that never left the perverted book of his, finally looked up at his students who had grown quite much over the past4 years.

Sakura had grown quite a bit, in both her medical skills as a ninja, and her personality. She had long ago let go of her childhood crushes on Sasuke, and had set for a satisfying goal – turning into the best medical nin of Konoha, and she was close to accomplishing it. Her personality, however, had not a bit altered – she was still the determined soul she way4 years ago.

Naruto had been working hard under the teaching of Jiraiya, and he had accomplished quite a lot, for that he had become a jounin at the age of 16, much to Kakashi's surprise. Still, he was the Naruto he was4 years ago, his love for ramen never demolishing. He smiled, despite his mask, and turned back to the situation in front of him.

There were various reasons for said sensei to feel discomfort in front of his team:

A. His students were pissed at him for 'forcing' (Kakashi had coughed at this, earning a questioning gaze from Naruto, who was staring at their teacher in enthusiasm for further facts on what specific kind of Ramen his sensei was buying him) them into the whole event, even though Kakashi himself was a bit concerned for the two of his students, and he hoped that he wouldn't get a serious beating from both of them when the 20 days were over…

B. That his student would most probably skin him alive if he told them that they – the senseis - had though of it as a joke, but however wanted to try it anyway. The silver haired jounin shivered, regardless of his jacket, and pictured the scene of illegal skinning on the 'innocent' sensei of team 7.

All 4 senseis had planned it long ago, back on October in a nearby bar, when Gai had mentioned something about his student being too "un-youthful" by his standard, and had suggested that they use something that could possibly bring the students closer to each other. Kakashi had said something about Naruto and Sakura, and he remembered mentioning about how they weren't about to comprehend to their wishes, and would most probably give him a bloody nose if he told them that they would be spending a whole 20 days with someone they either didn't understand about or barely had contact with. Gai had nodded, then smiled, perfect white teeth shining, despite how dark it was in the pub (Kakashi had questioned all he could about the wonders Gai did to his teeth to make it shine in the dark), and told him about the 'wonderful punishment' he would give to the ones that did not participate. After a faint description of the "punishment', Kakashi actually felt sorry for the ones that were more likely disobey the rules, for that the 'punishment' gave even the great copy nin goose bumps on the back of his neck.

Kakashi sighed, and looked at his students sympathetically. They were in for something big, and Kakashi half grinned behind his mask seeing that Sakura was smacking on Naruto's head, lecturing something along the lines about his 'undying love for ramen'. Yes, they were in for something very big, and he might as well take cover, incase they came 'kakashi-Bashing', as Naruto called it, when they found out what they were going to make them do precisely.

The four teams had come together at 10:00, each team composed of 3 ninjas and a sensei. As the last team joined the big crowd, the 4 sensei's had squashed together in a low talk, while the teams were also crowding together, wondering about what the whole ordeal was about. Most of the teams were restless, and the most obviously irritated team had been Gai, while all of them were wondering about who they would be pairing with.

"I wonder if I get Sakura-chan; I've got full confidence!" Lee, puffed up his chest, and Tenten just smiled nervously. All the while Neji was staring at the teachers, trying to form a variety of possibilities on whichever the way the senseis were going to pair then up in. As suddenly as the four senseis had crowded together, they had turned, and were now facing the Jounins standing in front of them, each looked questionably at their teachers; all 3, for the exception of Gai, were sweating and picking their nails, while the students just looked suspiciously at them. Gai cleared his throat. "Well, I believe that all four of us," he gestured at all the 4 teachers standing there, and a few were picking their nail, while the others were whistling nonchalantly, trying to look as innocent as possible, "have told each of you about the event that we are hosting for 20 days strait. We are doing this to mend the great friendship of all teams, and I believe most of you would probably love the opportunity of this 20 day break" There were small whispers of disagreement in the crowd, "and anyone who tries to back out, will receive my great lecture on Youth 6 hours per day for 1 whole week, and I am sure that you all will absolutely LOVE the lecture." Gai smiled and winked, his white teeth reflected the light like a mirror. Horrified expressions were appearing on all the students' faces, and the other 3 sensei's looked away, trying to ignore the angry glares of their students, sweat drenching their pale faces, for the exception of Gai, who was busy smiling at the crowd to notice the killing aura around two of his students, on the exception of Lee. Lee smiled the same smile as Gai, and made a thumbs-up pose. "Great!" cried Lee, and Tenten whacked him on the head, while Neji just glared at him, the killing aura still twirling fiercely around him. Who the hell needed the break? A Hyuuga didn't need breaks, and it was insane to force a person into one when he didn't want to even have one. He wondered if some bastard had suggested it to the senseis; he'd skin the person alive.

Kakashi laughed nervously, and scratched his arms. Sweat was pouring down his pale face, while Naruto and Sakura were staring holes on behind his head, looking like they were ready to kill. I'd deal with him late… "And now for the pairings…" Gai picked out two slips of paper from the delicately decorated box that was sitting next to him. "Pairings will be chosen by this," he held up the two pieces of paper between his long fingers, "and please do not switch, because we'd be writing all the pairings down." Gai smiled in triumph, and the students groaned, while Shikamaru just 'keh-ed', and murmured "How troublesome…" Ino started grabbing his hair in desperation; she hoped it wasn't Chouji, and she hoped with all he heart. Even Chouji had been slightly affected by the situation on hand, and had started stuffing chips into his mouth in a speed no one thought he had ever possessed. Most of jounins were gaping at him, and Gai fake-coughed at the lack of attention the students were giving him. "And the two lucky people are…" Gai opened the first two pieces of paper, and all the jounins were staring at him, sweating. The moment seemed to last for hours, even though it had been only mere seconds, and Gai opened the two pieces of paper, while the whole crowd was silent, holding their breaths.

Gai looked at the most unlikely couple that he was holding, and smirked. Now the genius was in for something he wouldn't have expected in his whole life span. He looked at the crowd, his eyes scanning for the familiar pink head and the silver eyed student of his, grinning from ear to ear. "Haruno Sakura and Hyuuga Neji." All eyes turned to the two people, while silver-white eyes widened in surprise, a quite unfamiliar emotion to his normally calm face. Sakura gaped at the bowl head in front of her, then at Neji, who also had trouble hiding his shock, then back to her stunned blonde teammate, who was also looking at her. She did the only thing she could think of – she fell back and fainted.

Hyousetsu: Ahh, a very short chapter… yeah, and Neji gets paired with Sakura for the whole event. :) The next chapters going to be about the the official 'first day', so thanks for reading! BTW, I update at a slow rate, so sorry for the people who read fast, because it going to take a while before I update the next chapter… :'(

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